3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.


In Context

1 Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

2 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.

4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

Psalm 140:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison [is] under their lips. Selah.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

140:3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

140:3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders poison is under their lips. Selah

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

140:3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison is under their lips. Selah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

140:3They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.